Day 21 – Final day of Canadian Championship

Saturday – Commonwealth Match and Governor General’s final  The last day of shooting, but still more work to do this morning! The Commonwealth Match at long range, three targets and twelve shooters. The Canadians not to be underestimated can still…
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Day 20 – Canada Match day

Friday – Canada match and the end of the Grand The team managed a leisurely start this morning with most of us on the 3rd relay for the Gatineau, the last competition in the Grand Aggregate where the top 50…
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Day 19 – DCRA day 7

Thursday This morning sees the last two ranges of the Grand Agg before the Gatineau tomorrow morning. The short range comps which make up the Gibson at 300x and 600x were also to be counted towards the qualifier for the…
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Day 18 – DCRA day 6

Wednesday After yesterdays lack of shooting the team were keen to get back out there and stuck in. an early start with shooting at 0800. Today we will complete the Presidents match (the Canadian  version of Queens 2) and the…
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Day 17 – DCRA day 5

Tuesday So the word for today was “Rain”… The early start for the GB team today was accompanied with much viewing of various weather apps and rain radar with the forecast not looking overly optimistic. On arrival at the 500x…
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Day 16 – DCRA day 4

Monday Day 4 DCRA A fine start to the day with calm conditions for this morning and the GB team made the most of the conditions at the 300x distance  for the Norman Beckett match,16 team members scoring 50 with…
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Day 15 – DCRA day 3

Sunday – Day 3 DCRA Today was the last chance to check those little issues before the Grand starts at Lunchtime. This morning was a light warm up at 300x and 600x for the Tilton where light winds and bright…
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Day 14 – DCRA day 2

Saturday – Day 2 DCRA With a full day of shooting on the cards today most of the team managed an early breakfast at the hotel before leaving for the range. The forecast looked like a clear day however the…
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Day 13 – DCRA Championship Day1

Friday – Day 1 DCRA A leisurely start this morning as we were not going to get into the GB hut until the afternoon there was all the team jobs to do, get the GB stores from the Quartermaster, thanks…
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Day 12 – Travelling to Ottawa

Travel Day (Thursday) An early start… 0400 wake up call for a 0430 wheels roll was met with a lot of sleepy GBRT members dragging themselves out of bed. Reggie though with usual efficiency managed to have all the buses…
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